A FORMER Weaverham and Kingsley councillor has been ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy.

A FORMER Weaverham and Kingsley councillor has been ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy.

David Reaper, who last month resigned from his post as technology teacher at the Grange Comprehensive in Runcorn, pleaded guilty to one count of indecent assault against the boy, who cannot be identified, which took place on May 16, at Chester Crown Court on Wednesday.

The 56-year-old former Vale Royal borough councillor and parish councillor for Kingsley also pleaded not guilty to three further counts of alleged indecent assault made against another teenage male.

Mr Reaper spoke only to plead not guilty to the remaining police charges, which span the period between September 2000 and December 2002.

He will appear in Chester Crown Court again for sentencing and to answer the remaining charges being brought against him on Wednesday, October 15.

He pleaded not guilty to an alleged indecent assault in Runcorn between September 1, 2000, and May 20, 2001, and not guilty to a further indecent assault charge between May 21 and December 16, 2002.

Mr Reaper, of Westbrook Road, Kingsley, also pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecently assaulting a male aged 16 or over in Runcorn on December 17, 2002.

He has been granted unconditional bail, and has been ordered to report to the police and sign the Sex Offenders Register.

The former Liberal Democrat councillor, who is married to Eila and has two children, was told to live at an undisclosed address in North Wales when he appeared in Northwich Magistrates Court in July.

Judge Roger Dutton said: 'Because you pleaded guilty, you now qualify for the terms of the Sex Offenders Act and you now need to register at the police station, giving details of your name and where you live.'

Mr Reaper, who represented Weaverham for a 10-year period during the 1970s and 1980s, retained his seat in Kingsley at the borough council and parish council elections on May 1, but the borough council seat is currently vacant.

But he resigned from both councils the day before he first appeared in Northwich Magistrates Court earlier this year.